HIGHLIGHTS
3rd VPH study group on VPH Toolkit
Short film of Virtual Physiological Human
Interface Focus special issue with best papers from the VPH2010 Conference
VPH Vision & Strategy Paper II
LATEST VPH EVENTS
- 01.02.2012 - 02.02.2012 GIMIAS workshop
- 07.02.2012 - 07.02.2012 VIGOR++ Workshop '...
- 26.03.2012 - 29.03.2012 SCS SpringSim 2012
Welcome to the home page of the Virtual Physiological Human Network of Excellence (VPH NoE) and information portal for the VPH Initiative


The VPH NoE is a project which aims to help support and progress European research in biomedical modelling and simulation of the human body. This will improve our ability to predict, diagnose and treat disease, and have a dramatic impact on the future of healthcare, the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
Latest News
INBIOMEDvision Reports
The INBIOMEDvision project (http://www.inbiomedvision.eu) has produced reports on two of the project's think tank sessions. The reports have been requested by the European Commission in order to ascertain the status of the bioinformatics/biomedical informatics interface today within Europe and globally; future funding will benefit from the opportunities and gaps identified within these reports.
New Report: e-Health: Building the UCL Community
View the e-Health: Building the UCL Community report and programme, or read our blog post on the UCL events blog.
E-Health is the use of new information and communication technologies to improve health and health care. A symposium on 22nd November explored UCL’s contribution to e-health, by bringing together an enormously varied community of researchers to showcase their work and exchange ideas. Find out more.
Call for Papers: IEEE WETICE 2012
The 3rd IEEE Track on Collaborative Modeling and Simulation (Comets 2012) in cooperation with AFIS (INCOSE France Chapter) MIMOS (Italian Association for M&S) is being held on June 25-27, 2012, Toulouse (France).
Papers are due on March 16, 2012. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.
For more information please see the official website
Workshops: GIMIAS
GIMIAS is a Graphical Interface for Biomedical Image Analysis and Simulation. For those interested in using GIMIAS, two specialized workshops are being held in Sheffield on February 1st and 2nd 2012. For more information, please visit the events page
eHealthNews.EU Portal / All News
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HealthTech Wire - The Industry News
- Nuance champions hospital-wide digital voice infrastructure at Arab Health 2012
Release of new case study from Sheikh Khalifa Medical Center underlines benefits of voice recognition for healthcare
- Buschkuehl presents new photon therapy devices at Arab Health 2012
German-based Buschkuehl GmbH intends to widen its activities in the field of photon therapy in Arab countries.
- Duesseldorf University Hospital courts international patients at Arab Health 2012
Patients benefit from the close integration of patient care, excellent medical research and training as well as modern, high-performance equipment.
- COCIR: More investment needed in health ICTs to improve healthcare delivery
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